http://tinyurl.com/4b3tlem ITALIAN BURANO NEEDLELACE BERTHA COLLAR Ca 1900 SUPERB
Starting price: $10.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Feb 12, 2011 15:00:01 PST
Offered by: Anne Swift, Ebay seller eastayton, London
Comments: Bertha of Burano needlelace, including a ribbon indicating it was made at the Burano Lace School. A familiar Burano-type pattern of large flowerheads and leaves. Nicely done, and in beautiful condition.

Sold for $430.25, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/4a9bn5q ENGLISH BOBBIN LACE Ca 1630
Starting price: $10.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Feb 12, 201 115:50:01 PST
Offered by: Anne Swift, Ebay seller eastayton, London
Comments: This could be English or Flemish, whatever, it is a rare piece. I particularly like the end treatment at the lefthand side. This is another piece from the Jane Page collection, illustrated in Allhallows museum exhibition ‘450 Years of Lace’ held in 2002.

Sold for $609.00, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/48rf9n2 ENGLISH BRANSCOMBE LACE HANDKERCHIEF 19th CENTURY
Starting price: $10.00
Auction ends: Feb 12, 2011 16:10:01 PST
Offered by: Anne Swift, Ebay seller eastayton, London
Comments: A really nice handkerchief of Branscombe mixed tape lace – meaning machine made tape with needlelace fillings. The quality of this lace can be quite high, and it doesn’t come on the market very often. This is an excellent example which looks to be in very good condition.

Sold for $330.25, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/4nal6cc ENGLISH HONITON BOBBIN LACE FLOUNCE 19th CENTURY
Starting price: $10.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Feb 12, 2011 16:20:01 PST
Offered by: Anne Swift, Ebay seller eastayton, London
Comments: A good bobbinlace applique on machine net – it does have a Honiton feel about it. Accompanied by a postcard showing the same lace, although I can’t tell how old the postcard is.  Definitely a high quality product. I just wish it were longer.

Sold for $230.00, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/4a9omvk ENGLISH HONITON BOBBIN LACE HANDKERCHIEF 19th C
Starting price: $10.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Feb 12, 2011 16:30:01 PST
Offered by: Anne Swift, Ebay seller eastayton, London
Comments: A great piece, and it does seem quite close in design to the reputed Queen Mary handkerchief (great for dating the lace). It is an unusual piece, I suppose Honiton, but with a quite sophisticated design. Condition looks very good.

$78.00, reserve not met, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/4fgoxn6 ANTIQUE LACE LOVELY POINT DE GAZE BERTHA COLLAR C 1890
Starting price: $235.00
Auction ends: Feb 12, 2011 17:59:08 PST
Offered by: Paivi Robers, Ebay seller greatlace, Paris and Palm Beach
Comments: Bertha of Belgian Needlelace with raised roses – OK, Point de Gaze type. Although I have to say that in original catalogs, pieces like this were always referred to simply as Point d’Aguille.  The names ‘rosepoint’ and ‘point de gaze’, etc., are more modern inventions. This one is a fairly standard design, with a few condition issues in the ground.

Did not sell.

http://tinyurl.com/4kenrze Springett Collection Antique Bobbin Winder & WeldonsMag
Starting price: .99 GBP
Auction ends: Feb 13, 2011 11:56:47 PST
Offered by: David & Christine Springett, Ebay seller springettbobbins, Rugby, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Comments: Lovely upright English bobbinwinder of light colored wood from the ongoing Springett sale. I’m not sure what the piece projecting off to the back at the top is. The design is not really the same as that shown in the accompanying Weldon’s magazine – although I’ve seen a few of both types for auction over the years. Often these pieces have a ring which acts as a clamp for the jaws of the bobbin holder – could be missing here. The English upright winders also often have the cup-shaped bobbin holder, like the flat windmill ones.

Sold for 51.00 EUR, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/47yx7mf * 8 Vintage TENERIFE/NANDUTI Fine Lace Table Mats *
Starting price: $9.99
Auction ends: Feb 14, 2011 10:38:33 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller jaruk, Worcester., Worcs., United Kingdom
Comments: Eight nice Nanduti doilies, with varied roundels and good background fillings.  I particularly like the second one from the left at the top. A few stains, but no serious damage that I can see.

Sold for $63.00, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/4flwgam DENTELLIERE en grès ou en terre cuite des Flandres, 19e
Starting price: 35.00 EUR
Auction ends: Feb 14, 2011 10:40:36 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller broc35, Belgium
Comments: 11.5 cm high Vande Voorde flemish pottery lacemaker. Small mark on the back of the chair, but otherwise good condition.
There is another flemish pottery Vande Voorde figure posted by a different seller, see 250771367382 (I wrote to the seller who now has corrected the attribution).

Sold for 38.50 EUR, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/4zvwkb4 Klöppel – Ständer – Klöppelsack – 82 cm
Starting price: 1.00 EUR
Auction ends: Feb 15, 2011 10:21:45 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller hmsk2010, Bernsbach, Germany
Comments: Straight sided square klöppelstand, I haven’t seen this form before. Seems to be attracting a little attention.  Nice worn patina. Pillow is really big.  Seller is also showing a second similar stand, #250769130141, but in lighter wood with a more modern feel.

Sold for 23.50 EUR, 2 bidders.